Automatic Emotion Regulation After Social Exclusion: Tuning to Positivity

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 623-636

  DeWall, C Nathan ^a   Twenge, Jean M ^b   Koole, Sander L ^d   Baumeister, Roy F ^c   Marquez, Allissa ^e   Reid, Mark W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Mental health; Self esteem; Social exclusion; Social rejection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959300619     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023534     Document Type: Article

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